The 2023 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship waltzes into summer on a high, with a hard-earnt break giving us plenty of time to digest the big things of the season so far. This time, we’re looking at stats, and there are plenty to delve deep into. Throttle up and check in on your latest pub knowledge, you’ll want to impress your friends from trackside – or sofa-side – when we’re back in September!
6000 – Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) became the first rider in WorldSBK history to amass 6000 points during the Imola weekend. Into summer, he has 6053.5.
1050 – At the same place where they achieved a 1000th podium in 2022 with Alvaro Bautista, Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) took Ducati’s 1050th podium.
400 – At Assen, Alvaro Bautista made it 400 wins for Ducati. At the time, it was his 40th, exactly 10% of the manufacturer’s total.
333.3 – 333.3km/h is the top speed recorded so far this year, achieved by Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team) at Phillip Island.
100 – A total of 100 podiums in WorldSBK for Toprak Razgatlioglu was achieved at Imola in Race 1. As he entered summer, he had 104.
50 – 50 wins for Alvaro Bautista in WorldSBK, all achieved with Ducati. Other riders with 50 wins or more are Jonathan Rea (119), Carl Fogarty (59) and Troy Bayliss (52).
38 – For the 38th time in WorldSBK history, five manufacturers were inside the top five places in a race, achieved in Race 1 at Most. It was the first time since 2022’s Race 2 at Assen.
38/36 – At 38 and 36, Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea both entered the top six for oldest wins with their Most victories.
29 – After 29 points-scoring races on the bounce came to an end at Most in the Superpole Race, Andrea Locatelli (Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK) is in P9 for all-time points-scoring runs, the highest-placed Yamaha rider.
27 – Axel Bassani (Motocorsa Racing) has led 27 laps in his career, of which 13 are from 2023. The most laps led by a rider to never win is currently held by Davide Giugliano at 45.
25 – At Assen in the Superpole Race, Jonathan Rea set a new record for podiums at a single track: 25.
19 – Leon Haslam (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) was a substitute rider in the factory BMW team at Imola and scored points in Race 1, giving him the biggest interval from his first points-scoring race in WorldSBK to his most recent: 19 years, 11 months and 18 days from Brands Hatch Race 2, 2003 and Imola Race 1 2023.
18 – 18 wins in a season for Alvaro Bautista at Most after Race 2, an all-time season record.
14 – At 14 years, one month and eight days, Rea updated a stat he already held, for the interval between first WorldSBK win and most-recent after Race 1 at Most.
12 – 12 years since the last front row, Australia returned to the grid with a clear view down to Turn 1 at Most with Remy Gardner (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team). It was the first time since Troy Corser was fourth at Monza in 2011.
9 – 9 different podium finishers in 2023 across four manufacturers; after summer, BMW will look to join the list.
5 – Fifth place on the grid by Scott Redding (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) at Assen and Imola is the best for BMW this season.
3 – For the first time since Portimao 2021, three different winners on three different makes of machinery this weekend. Rea won for Kawasaki in Race 1, followed by Razgatlioglu for Yamaha in the Superpole Race and Bautista for Ducati in Race 2. In Portimao 2021, it was Razgatlioglu for Yamaha in Race 1, Michael van der Mark for BMW in the Superpole Race and Rea for Kawasaki in Race 2.
3 – Three podiums in his debut season for Danilo Petrucci, the most by a rookie in an Independent team since Garrett Gerloff at GRT Yamaha in 2020, who also had three.
1 – Scoring his first podium in WorldSBK, Xavi Vierge (Team HRC) put Honda in P3 at Mandalika in Race 2.
0.244s – At the chequered flag, the closest finish of the year came in the Superpole Race at Imola, with Razgatlioglu beating Bautista by 0.244s.
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Source: WorldSBK.com